Modularization and process replication in a visual parallel programming language

Author

Wirtz, Guido

Author_Institution

FB Elektrotechnik und Inf., Siegen Univ., Germany

fYear

1994

fDate

4-7 Oct 1994

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

79

Abstract

Managing the graphical complexity of real-life programs expressed in visual programming languages is a great challenge in each visual programming environment. Besides general methods like displaying/layouting graphs and icons on different levels of abstraction or organizing multiple window environments, built-in language mechanisms which permit the structured and modular design of visual programs are essential to overcome this problem. We address these problems by discussing a concept for visual modules in a diagrammatic parallel language as well as a method to describe massive parallel programs consisting of hundreds of processes by means of a visual replication mechanism

Keywords

parallel languages; programming environments; visual languages; built-in language mechanisms; diagrammatic parallel language; graphical complexity; icons; massive parallel programs; modularization; multiple window environments; process replication; real-life programs; visual modules; visual parallel programming language; visual programming environment; visual replication mechanism; Computer languages; Concrete; Displays; Layout; Navigation; Organizing; Parallel languages; Parallel programming; Programming environments; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visual Languages, 1994. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6660-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VL.1994.363638

Filename

363638